Derby City Council and Notts and Derby are working to deliver an improved Link 2 bus service between the City Centre and Royal Derby Hospital, via Mickleover and Mackworth.
With the help of funding from the Council’s Bus Service Improvement Plan, improvements to the existing Link 2 service will see the service head into the city centre and back to the hospital via the A52 Ashbourne Road.
The service will also run every hour and complement hospital shift times, making it easier for staff to get to and from work.
The Council is carrying out an ongoing review of the city’s bus network as it works to make Derby a better connected, sustainable city, and enhance links to key destinations such as the Royal Derby Hospital.
Earlier this year the Council and Notts and Derby worked together to improve services connecting Spondon Train Station and Spondon Village.
These enhancements have been funded by the National Bus Strategy: Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP), which calls for Local Transport Authorities to deliver better bus services and implement measures to improve public transport. Derby’s BSIP can be viewed on the Derby City Council website.
Councillor Carmel Swan, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Transport and Sustainability, said:
As a Council we are committed to creating a greener, better-connected city. It is enhancements like this that give our communities better, more sustainable options.
As chair of the Enhanced Partnership Board, I’m glad we’ve been able to work with Notts and Derby to deliver the services our city needs.
Stuart Frost, Manager at Notts & Derby said:
We are really looking forward to be providing a reliable service to the residents of Mackworth and Mickelover to hopefully make there connections much easier.